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Chris Pronger scored with 34.4 seconds left in regulation and set up Pavol Demitra's game-winner 56 seconds into overtime for St. Louis. The Blues led 3-2 entering the final period, but Steve Yzerman and Nicklas Lidstrom scored 2:19 apart late in the third to give Detroit a 4-3 lead. With less than a minute to go, Pronger, who had four points in the game, rushed the net and tipped home a pass from Pierre Turgeon to send the game to overtime. On the first shift of the extra session, Pronger slid a pass between Lidstrom and Larry Murphy to send Demitra in alone on Detroit goalie Ken Wregget.

The Blackhawks Tony Amonte has scored 22 goals in his first 31 games to take the league lead. Amonte is on target to not only eclipse Steve Larmer's team record for goals by a right winger (46) but also become the fourth player in Blackhawk history to reach the 50 goal plateau behind Bobby Hull (five times), Al Secord (once) and Jeremy Roenick (twice). 50-100-200 In NHL history, only two players have recorded 50 goals, 100 points and 200 penalty minutes in a single season.

Dallas Stars wing Pat Verbeek, who scored the first goal of the game, and Jamal Mayers of the St. Louis Blues were suspended Friday for one game apiece after slashing incidents in Thursday night's Stanley Cup playoff contest. Verbeek slashed St. Louis center Pierre Turgeon on the knee with 2 minutes 18 seconds left in the Stars' 3-0 victory in Dallas. Two minutes later, Mayers took a baseball-type swing to the arm of Dallas defenseman Darryl Sydor. - The Stars get defenseman Derian Hatcher back from his seven-game suspension Saturday night.

First there was "Damn Yankees." Now comes "The Curse of the Bambino." The new musical, which opened Friday in Boston, is the saga of the post-Babe Ruth Red Sox set as a Greek tragedy. The Red Sox have not won a World Series since 1918, just before Harry Frazee sold the Babe to finance a musical of his own, "No, No, Nanette," leading to the, ahem, curse. Buddy system Arnold Palmer has agreed to play in the CVS Charity Classic in Barrington, R.I., but with a stipulation.

Norman Blake Jr., a hotel and insurance executive with a history of resurrecting struggling companies, is the only candidate for chief executive officer of the U.S. Olympic Committee this weekend, USOC sources told the Associated Press. Blake, 58, will meet with the USOC executive committee in Chicago on Friday and could be presented to the board of directors for approval Saturday, according to the AP. Colleges: A new set of NCAA rules will let high schools determine whether athletes have fulfilled course requirements for college eligibility.

First-period goals by Andrew McBain and Doug Smail and strong goaltending from Daniel Berthiaume was the difference. Berthiaume set the tone when, in the first period, he gloved a loose puck in the crease with two Canucks ready to pounce during a Vancouver power play. Berthiaume ended the night with 29 saves. Canuck rookie Kirk McLean also looked good in net. In the third period he made a great save off a shot from the Jets` Paul MacLean. McLean blocked 32 shots. SABRES 6, FLAMES 3 DATELINE: CALGARY Buffalo got a pair of power-play goals in the first period from Ray Sheppard and Adam Creighton and broke Calgary's six-game unbeaten streak.

BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit: Agreed to terms with INF Dean Palmer on a minor league contract. NATIONAL LEAGUE Arizona: Agreed to terms with INF Carlos Baerga on a one-year contract. Atlanta: Agreed to terms with RHP Jaret Wright on a one-year contract. Florida: Agreed to terms with INF Lenny Harris on a minor-league contract. San Francisco: Agreed to terms with RHP Matt Herges on a two-year contract. BASKETBALL NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Los Angeles: Activated F Elton Brand from the IL. Placed G Eddie House on IL. San Antonio: Bought out the contract of G Anthony Carter, making him a free agent.

Derek King scored twice and Pierre Turgeon added a pair of assists as the New York Islanders defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 Friday night before 22,332 fans at the ThunderDome. The victory was the first in the Atlantic Division for the Islanders (3-7-1). King, leading the Islanders in goals with seven, scored the game-winner at 15 minutes 46 seconds of the first period when he skated into the slot and tapped home a pass from Steve Thomas to make it 2-1. King then made it 3-1 at 6:54 of the second when he beat Pat Jablonski from the blue line.

Derek Plante had two goals and an assist as the Buffalo Sabres beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-1 Sunday night in Buffalo. Plante has seven goals in his last nine games for Buffalo, which has lost only one game in 10. The Sabres moved back into a tie with idle Pittsburgh for first place in the Northeast Division. Jason Dawe, Michal Grosek and Richard Smehlik also scored for the Sabres and Dominik Hasek stopped 30 shots. Cliff Ronning scored Phoenix's only goal on a power play in the second period.